After more than three decades working in corporate environments, I retired to write novels, something I had been thinking about doing my whole career. Getting the rather late start in life as an author, I published my first book at the age of sixty-two. I've published eight novels since then. In the beginning, I made many mistakes trying to get established as an author, and I hope my book How to Write, Publish, and Promote a Novel helps others avoid making the same ones.

An avid reader, I am a frequent book reviewer for indieBRAG, IndieReader, Windy City Reviews, and Awesome Indies. In addition, I have my own book review service Direct Book Reviews. In an effort to share what I have learned about the craft of writing fiction, I have written articles for The Book Designer, Writers Digest, The Creative Penn, and several other platforms. 

I grew up in an old Victorian home in northern Illinois, complete with a coach house, the same house I used on the cover of my first two books. After living in downtown Chicago for almost 30 years, I moved back to northern Illinois, into a cozy house on a small lake, where I enjoy all the native wildlife who come for frequent day and nighttime visits, and where I continue to write literary fiction.

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Florence Osmund

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